New York Times Bestseller
This “taut,
reflective”* sequel to Gone, Baby, Gone is
an explosive tale of integrity and vengeance from the acclaimed master of the
new noir, New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane.
*Dallas
Morning News
Amanda McCready was four years old when she vanished from a
Boston suburb in 1997. Desperate pleas for help from the child’s aunt led
savvy, tough-nosed investigators Kenzie and Gennaro to take on the case. The
pair risked everything to find the young girl—only to orchestrate her return to
a neglectful mother and a broken home.
Now Amanda is sixteen—and gone again. A stellar student,
brilliant but aloof, she seemed destined to escape her upbringing. Yet Amanda’s
aunt is once more knocking at Patrick Kenzie’s door, fearing the worst for the
little girl who has blossomed into a striking, clever young woman who hasn’t
been seen in two weeks.
Haunted by the past, Kenzie and Gennaro revisit the case
that troubled them the most, following a twelve-year trail of secrets and lies
down the darkest alleys of Boston’s gritty, blue-collar streets. Assuring
themselves that this time will be different, they vow to make good on their
promise to find Amanda and see that she is safe. But in their desperate fight
to rewrite the past, Kenzie and Gennaro will face an evil that goes beyond
broken families, hearts, and dreams—a darkness at the heart of an impossible
decision the two investigators made long ago.
“For fans of the Boston-based detective couple—a blue-collar Nick and Nora Charles, putting their relationship to the test in the face of thugs and bums, ethical dilemmas, and a balance-challenged checking account—the return is more than welcome. . . . The plot of
Moonlight Mile—a title taken from the Jagger/Richards song—is mapped out with Hammett-like precision, but as with Hammett (and Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald and Charles Willeford), when Lehane’s on his game, it isn’t the plot that matters. It’s the characters, and the smart, hard-boiled prose.”
